Ironing-table.



No. 654,760. Patented July 3|, i550()t J. D. PACE. l

IRONING TABLE.

(Appumioq med Apr. 1o, 1909.) fi N u M o d el v l 3 I @u nanfa/v @Williams `euromunt* UNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEFFERSON DAVIS PACE, OFv SHREVEPRT, LOUISIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters retest No. 654,760, dated July 31, 1900.

App-umm una Aprnimigeo. sehn N6. 12,360. 'un modem To @El whom it may concern: Q

Be it known that I, JEFFERSON Davis PACE, a citizen of the `United States, residing at 4 Shreveport, Caddo parish, and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Ironing- Table,of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in ironing-tables of that class which comprehend relatively-pivoted pairs ot' legs designed by` 2o adjusted positions, this feature of adjust- -nten t being illeprmaryhject nf the Vp rese n t in vention.

To this end' my invention consists in theA novel construction and arrangement hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and embraced within the scope of the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my ironing-table como plete. Fig. 2 is a sectional longitudinal section through the subject-matter of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Referring to the numerals of reference ernployed to designate corresponding parts in the several views, 1 indicates an ironing-board of any suitable contour provided upon its under face, adjacent to its widest end, with a fixed headblock 2, to the opposite ends of which are pivotally connected, as by screws 3, Vthe upper ends of a pair of legs 4,' having their .lower ends beveled, as usual, for engagement' connectingbar 8, which serves to properly space the legs at the opposite sides of the mardi and take into opposite ends of a transverseV The structure thus far described consti tu tes no part of my invention, since Iit coniprehends merely the ironing-board and supporting-frame illustrated in my patent heretofore recited and designed by, preference to be employed in connection with the novel leg-adjusting mechanism constituting the preferred embodiment of myinvention, which latter I will now proceed. to describe in detail.

9 indicates a rocli-shaft journaled at its cpposite ends in the legs 4 and upon which, between said legs, is fixed one end of a swinging brace 10, preferably bifurcatedand provided at its free end with a transverse latch-bar 11, the opposite ends of which engage longitudi-` nal recesses 12, formed in the opposed faces of the legs 5, comparatively adjacentto their upper ends. It will now beseen that as the legs are swung relatively the latch-bar of the brace will travel within the recesses 12 toward'or from the upper ends of the legs 5, the

mounting of the braccupon the rock-shaft accommodating this swinging movement of lthe brace. I am aware that adjustments. have been heretofore effected in devices of this character by providing one of the legs with a swinging brace having its free end 4in engagement with a longitudinal slot or recess in a second relatively-movable leg; but `in such devices the brace constitutes, in effect, a supplemental leg, as it is fixed at one end by 4its adjustment and sustains as an end thrust the weight of the board and the articles supported-thereon. As heretofore pre.- mised, my object is to facilitate the retention of the legs in their adjusted positions, and

this end I attain lby providing the recesses 12', ,within which the latch-bar slides, and by providing the side walls 13 of the recesses 12, adjacent to the inner edges of the legs 5, with series of indentations or recesses 14, extend# ing in acute-angular relation to the recesses l2 and having their upper walls or edges slightly curved or arcuate, the walls, l3`of the long recesses l2 being disposed uponlines tangential to circles, of which the walls 15 are arcuate sections. l5 y the employment of this contour the walls of the lateral recesses 14 gradually merge with the walls 13 of tIere-i cesses l2 and provide the' recesses 1l with enlarged openings through which the ends of i -ihelatch-bar ll'are guided by the walls 15 ofV of the ends of the latch-bar 11 from the tervmina-l recesses A'The further separation of thelegs will cause the'latch-bar to travel in 'the recesses 12 until said latch-bar arrives at the lateral 4recesses into which it is togbeset, lat which time the separation of the legs is slightly accelerated bythe operator, thereby causing theends of the latch-bar 1l to ride upon .the curved Walls 15 and enter the lat-V eral recesses; where itissecurely retained in y the manner stated.

i From the foregoing it will be observed that I I have produced a simple and'i'ngenious de.

vice by means-of whichthe retention ofv the legs of an ironing-board in their adjusted positions may be readily effected; but While'the pnesent embodimentof my invention appears at this time to he preferable I desire to reservethe right to eiect such, structural va- 3o riations as may be properly comprehended Within thescope of the claim.

What I clairn is,y i In an ironing-board, the combination with pairs of pivoted legs, and an ironing-board.l 35 supportedthereby, one of said pairs of -legs being lprovided with opposed longitudinal recesses each havin glateral extensions disposed at an acute angle with respect to-y the longitudinal recesses and extending in the direction 4o of the other pair oflegs., a rock-shaft jourlnaled between said last-named legs, `and a brace secured to the rock-shaft and provided with a terminallatch-b-ar the opposite ends of i which latter are movable Within the longitu- 45 dinal recesses andare designed to be engaged Within the lateralextensions of said recessesby the separation of the legs.l 1

t I n testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed Emy signature in 5o theprescnce of two Witnesses.

,i JEFFERsoNDAvIs PACE.

,-Wi'tnesses: A' 'y HENRY HoNsIcKnR,

J. .SLATTERY- 

